Soldier’s Tale Of Skirmish In Mercedes Philippines
John W Waterman recounts Frank Waterman’s letters from the Philippines detailing March to April 1900 actions near Reina Mercedes. The narrative notes ambushes by Ladrones, a gunfight at a house, a native killed, and Major Kirkman’s authority as troops pursue suspects and capture a lieutenant of the insurgent army turned bandit.
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John W. Waterman
Frank
Philipines
Tilagau
Trent
Sorley
Ilagau
Stines
Schnbolm
Tlagau
O. K
Reina Marcedes
Marcedes
M Company
Mercedes
Schlobolm
Schlebolm
Reina Mercedes
Kirkman
Martens
Gumen
Ilagan
San Fernando
Ladrones
Soiley
Frank Waterman
Co. G
Inf
Manila
P. L
Rev Weeks and Bride Arrive From Chicago in Fairport
Fairport residents greet Rev Weeks from New Era and his bride who arrived last Thursday morning from Chicago. Friends here extend wishes for a happy and prosperous life. Various local visitors and events are noted including tea parties and Children's Day services at New Era with numerous families and relatives visiting or traveling.
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Weeks
New Era
Chicago
Steve Noland
Columbus Junction
Johnson
E. A. Mackenner
Matilda Reeves
Lu Stull
Illinois City
Alva Feustel
Harold
Glenn
Feaster
A. S. Sweet
Springfield
G. C. Leach
J. Grady
Muscatine
James Hume
Snyder
Dubuque
Burl Howard
Illinois
Nebraska hog prices rise from 1896 to 4.95 per ewt
The report notes hogs in Nebraska sold for 2.85 per ewt in 1896 but now fetch 4.95. It adds farmers are urged to vote Democratic for president and Congress to return to the old price of 2.85.
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Nebraska
City Merchants Report Busy Spring Yet No Fall Revival
Muscatine merchants describe an unusually active spring with dry goods and button industries pressured by overproduction and heavy stocks. Labor wages, buying power, and rising cotton prices shape cautious spending as mills face low water and potential shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Siou x City Temperance Crusade Sees 2400 Signers
Sioux City Iowa reports 2400 signers to total abstinence pledge after the first week of temperance revivals. Meetings will continue indefinitely and the Anti Saloon league acts in other directions while saloon screens and wine room signs are removed.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Anti-Saloon League
Burton
Death of Mrs Meier at Colfax Iowa
Mrs Ja Meier wife of Geo W Meier Colfax day operator died at 6 pm after a two month illness. Daughter of R N Stewart she leaves husband a 19 year old daughter and a 12 year old son. Funeral from Presbyterian church Friday at 2 pm.
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Colfax
Iowa
Ja Meier
Geo. W. Meier
Third District Republicans Gather in Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa June 27 The Third district congressional convention meets in the Waterloo opera house at 2 pm to nominate Speaker Henderson by acclamation. Dubuque delegates with a band and banners arrive, hoping for a keynote address. Black Hawk county delegates listed among attendees.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Opera House
Henderson
Congress
Dubuaqne
The
Dubuque Statesman
Suit over death by poisoned breakfast in life policy case
In Sioux City Iowa a $5 000 life insurance suit questions if death from eating poisoned food falls under the contract. F C Hills died November 23 1899 after rat poison was mixed in breakfast. Mrs Hills was sick but survived. The Masons Fraternal Accident Association refuses the claim, arguing death was not violent. Beneficiary Mrs Hills assigned the policy to H S Baketel of Boston who brings suit.
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Sioux City
Iowa
F. C. Hills
Hills
Yale and Harvard Regatta on Thames in New London
The annual Yale Harvard boat race will be rowed on the Thames in New London starting today. A large crowd from Boston and New York attends as three races occur in quick succession all downstream. The four mile varsity race will begin at the start after observation trains and crowds return upriver.
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New London
Conn
Boston
New York
Storm damages homes and injures boy near Burlington
A severe wind and electrical storm moved along the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line near Ft. Madison causing house damage and livestock deaths. A newsboy on a Burlington train was blown from the car and badly injured.
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Burlington
Iowa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Ft. Madison
Hop Growers Conference Aims to Limit Output
Santa Rosa California June 28 The Sacramento Valley Hop Growers Association directors seek to rally other crop centers to join a brewer driven plan to restrict output. They have called a statewide convention of hop growers to meet here today.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Sacramento Valley Hop Growers’ Association
Congressman Graham Marries in Steubenville
A wedding was solemnized at the bride’s parents home in Steubenville. Miss Stella Moore Swearingen wed Congressman William H. Graham a banker of Allegheny Pennsylvania. The couple departed for Graham’s native city where they have a residence.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Stella Moore Swearingen
William H. Graham
Allegheny
Death notices report two men in Iowa and Illinois
Near Sibley Iowa on June 27 Joseph Galland aged 98 killed himself by shooting. He had moved from Mansfield Ohio seeking health and seemed low in spirits yesterday. Also Willard Dillenbeck aged 61 formerly of Geneseo Illinois died yesterday here of heart failure.
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Sibley
Iowa
Joseph Galland
Ochevedan
Mansfield
Ohio
Willard Dillenbeck
Geneseo
Inl
Advertising fraud alert in Montezuma June
A man calling himself Charles A. Grady from Minneapolis visited Montezuma on June 27 and swindled several local business leaders with an advertising scheme for the Montezuma Democrat. The fraternity is warned to beware of him or his partner.
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Montezuma
Charles A. Grady
Minneapolis
Montezuma Democrat
Platte County Mortgage Debts Dropped In April
Platte County Nebraska mortgage indebtedness fell by more than 30600 during April and no deeds in foreclosure were filed.
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Platte County
Neb
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Thrilling Adventures
Terman
Philippines
Counter
Fairport
Temperance Crusade
Graham
Dr. Williams
J. M. Riggs
Carterville, Mo
Josie
Carterville
J. M. Rinns
Willian Woxcott
Fce
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Snoe
Lewis
J. B. Lewis Company
Boston, Mass
Victor J. Evans & Cog
Washington, D. C
Evans
Texas
East Second St
M. Benham
Muscatine, Iowa
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